Thursday, April 10, 2014

Katumuwa Exhibit and Symposium

(Post by A.D. Riddle)

On April 8, the Oriental Institute of the University of Chicago opened its new exhibit, "In Remembrance of Me: Feasting with the Dead in the Ancient Middle East." The centerpiece of the exhibit is (a cast of?) the Katumuwa Stele, a basalt monument with Aramaic inscription which was discovered at the site of Zincirli in 2008. The exhibit runs until next January.